Method of producing an upholstery pad



Dec. 6, 1932.

G. w. MUD@ LSBQQ? METHOD OF PRODUCING AN UPllol'JSTERY` FAD Filed April 17, 1929 Patented Dec. s, 1932 essere UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE GABBE'IT W. MUDD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CHICAGO CUBLED HAIR COMPANY., Oils"` GHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS METHOD OF PRODUCING AN UPHOLSTERY PAI)v Application ed April 17, 1923. Serial No. 355,782.

Heretoore ads of this character have usually been ormed by providing a, body portion of hair or other material to which e eloric cover has been attached; and to form piping other material has been secured to the face of the pad in a manner to produce tubular'oasings extending across the pad.

These tubular casings are then illed by inserting the hair or filling thereinto by Ineens of an implement suitable for the purpose. Y

'Ehe process is not only laborious but necessitates considerable time end is some- `what expensive. v

The pods thus i'orrned ere then covered desired materiel, such es leather, abric or other nieteriai, and then incorporated in the nrniture or seat with .which it is to he used.

Y ls one of the objects oi the present i vention provide en improved psd of this e "2 method of producing the seine, nl not oniy possess ell 'oi the ettri the oid. form ci psd, 1out the cost oi seme he nisterieily to provide en improved ter in einen the iiihng oi e desired form the hotly :v'th the iil'iingg; f the cesinq or covering is niece.

chiesi; is to provide en improved :s ciierscter in which the ceasing for ":dding insteriei iinel covering to minimum the steps in the operstion of produce attainment ci? these ends end the compiishment or other new endruseiui ohjiects es *siii eppeer, the invention consists in the features ci? novelty in substantially the structiongcomhination end arrangement se seversi parts hereinafter more *fully descrihed and claimed end shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this inventions en@ in which Figure 1 is a. top plan view of a. pad of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention.

Flgu're 2 is an enlarged detail sectional traisverse view of the body portion of the pe Figure 3 is en enlarged detail sectional view token on line 3 3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is e. view similar to Figure 3, of another form of pad.

Figure 5 is e view similar to Figures 3 and e, showing the pod partially formed, and another ineens of attaching the covering.

Figure 6 is en? enlarged detail sectional y View of one of the pad sections.

in carrying out this invention the pad proper is preferably .formed of a backing 10 such es hurlep or any other suitable material,

"to which the body portion ii. of the pad is secured in any suitable manner such ss hy what 1s lrnown es en mterlecing oper-ation, that is ioy drawing `-portions oi the materiel forming the oodyportion iihwugh isha' hacking i0, es et 12.

@urinothe orining of the loody portion of the perl, the materiel li is errenged or sliepeoi so es to produce channels i3 which entend entirely ecross the psd end open through one ieee thereof. The channels i3 may he et eny desired; Width end the portions ii which rviil. hy the formation oi the channels i3, essurne the shape or@ striuosS rney he or any desired thickness end Width.

fitter the body, Jort-ion thus been `'ornieoi itis covered y any suitshie materiel 4. such es cotton betting or eny other ina.-

riei ci any desired thiclmess, @ver this veringili may. he placed another covering y any suitable fabric. treo covrings it end- ?.5 may he secured in position et the some time or seperetely if desired. end

pad in its completed forin will be ready foruse, but before the sameis placed in position upon the seat, furniture or other place where it is to be used, it is. usually customary rto provide another or finishing cover for lthe pad, such as a cover 17 of ei'rible material.

If the coverings 14 and 15 are already secured in position, then the covering 17 is bent backupon itself at spaced intervals as at 18 and inserted in the channels 13l or into the pockets or recesses formed by the folded poi'- of stitching 19 or may be fastene tions ofthe material 14 and 15. The covering 17 is then secured in position by means desired or suitable manner.

If desired the covering 17 may be secured l in position at the same time that the coverings 14 and 15 are secured to the pad. In that event the three coverings 14, 15 and 17 are superposed and laid upon the pad in a manner to extend thereacross. Then the folded portions designated generally by the reference 'numeral 2O in'Figure 5, are inserted into the channels 13 and fastened with y stitching 21, or in anyrdesired or suitable i-,5,'then'iaterials 14,15 and 1'? may be secured manner.

As shown at the right hand end of Figure in position inanotlier manner and tothat end the covers 15 and 17 mav be bent back upon themselves -as indicated generally by the reference numeral 22 and stitching 23 may 'be madelthrougli the bent back portion so that whentheportion of the `cover is then bentforwardly to cover another section 11 in any Y claim, Without departing from the spirit of thisinvention.

What is claimed as new is The method of forming pads for upholstering and the like which consists in securing illing material of considerable thickness .to a exible backing and :forming isolated portions of the material to produce channels therebetween extending across the pad open at their tops and closed at their bottoms Vby the said flexible backing, then applying a Iiexible covering for said portions of filling material, said covering extending across said channels, then drawing portions of the coverin material into the channels and securin t e same to the said iexible backing at the ottom of the channels.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, on this 28th day 'of March, A l). 1929.

GARRETT W. MUDD.

of the body l'as-shown at 24 in Figure 5, the l stitching 23 .will be covered.

With this improvedconstruction of pad,

it willbe manifest that the pads may be su p plied'to the customer or user with or Wit out the final covering and it will also be manife'st that with-this improved construction and process the forming of the usual piping casngs and the insertion of the filling intov the casin 4after the casings have been formed, will'be obviated, with the result that the aniount of labor necessary to produce the pad will bematerially reduced, as well as the cost of manufacture.

Obviously the coverings may be secured to the pad in anyA suitable manner, either simultaneously or separately.

, While the preferred form ofthe invention has been herein shownand described,

lit is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the 

